Monash Freeway
Freeway in Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Monash Freeway[2] is a major urban freeway in Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne's CBD to its south-eastern suburbs and beyond to the Gippsland region. It carries up to 180,000 vehicles per day[citation needed] and is one of Australia's busiest freeways. The entire stretch of the Monash Freeway bears the designation M1.
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Monash Freeway viewed from the Toorak Road overpass | |
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Type | Freeway |
Length | 34 km (21 mi)[1] |
Opened | 1962–2003 |
Route number(s) | M1 (1996–present) |
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Northwest end | CityLink Kooyong, Melbourne |
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Southeast end | Princes Freeway Narre Warren, Melbourne |
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Major suburbs / towns | Kooyong, Glen Iris, Chadstone, Mulgrave, Dandenong North, Doveton, Narre Warren |
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The freeway is named in honour of General Sir John Monash, an esteemed Australian military commander for the allies during World War I.